FUSION OF LIPID BILAYERS - A MODEL INVOLVING MECHANISTIC CONNECTION TO HII-PHASE FORMING LIPIDS

被引:61
作者
KINNUNEN, PKJ
机构
[1] Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, SF-00170 Helsinki
关键词
BILAYER; FUSION; HEXAGONAL PHASE-HII; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; CONFORMATION;
D O I
10.1016/0009-3084(92)90041-M
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A model for the molecular mechanism of the fusion of lipid bilayers is described. A crucial feature of this model and related to the lamellar --> hexagonal phase H(II) transition is a novel, hypothetical lipid conformation, tentatively referred to here as extended. During fusion this conformation could manifest itself in the contact site between two vesicles in close proximity and involves the extension of the acyl chains of a phospholipid molecule in opposite directions, i.e. embedded into the two opposing bilayers while maintaining the headgroup in the interface. Although evidence for the occurrence of the extended conformation for phospholipids is sparse this conformation appears to be compatible with currently available experimental data. Of importance also is that the extended conformation allows for the fusion of two bilayer membranes to proceed with minimal exposure of the lipid hydrocarbon chains to water. It can also account for other features of membrane fusion such as lipid mixing in the intermediate state without mixing of the vesicle contents as well as for the molecular basis of the action of fusogenic lipids.
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页码:251 / 258
页数:8
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